Fluoroquinolones

  • Researchers Find Unnecessary Use of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics in Hospitalized Patients
    Fluoroquinolones are among the most commonly prescribed antimicrobials and are an important risk factor for colonization and infection with fluoroquinolone-resistant Gram-negative bacilli and for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Nicole L Werner, of the School of ...More
    July 5, 2011
    Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
  • FDA Approves First Generic Versions of Levofloxacin to Treat Certain Infections
    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the first generic versions of Levaquin (levofloxacin), an antibiotic approved to treat certain infections in people ages 18 and older. Levofloxacin is used to treat mild, moderate, or severe bacterial infections of the ...More
    June 20, 2011
    Posted in News
  • HAI Drug Market Will Decrease Modestly by 2018
    Decision Resources, a leading research and advisory firm for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, through 2018, the crowded hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) drug market will be constrained by aggressive generic erosion of key brands, intensified competition ...More
    April 5, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Misuse of Common Antibiotic is Creating Resistant TB
    Use of a common antibiotic may be undercutting its utility as a first-line defense against drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Fluoroquinolones are the most commonly prescribed class of antibiotics in the U.S. and are used to fight a number of different infections such as ...More
    August 10, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Antibiotic Use Increases at Academic Medical Centers
    CHICAGO – Antibacterial drug use appears to have increased at academic medical centers between 2002 and 2006, driven primarily by greater use of broad-spectrum agents and the antibiotic vancomycin, according to a report in the Nov. 10 issue of Archives of Internal ...More
    November 10, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Scientists Discover Bacteria That Can Cause Bone Infections
    Scientists have discovered that a bone infection is caused by a newly described species of bacteria that is related to the tuberculosis pathogen. The discovery may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of similar infections, according to an article published in the ...More
    October 17, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Found in California
    In the first statewide study of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) in the United States, California officials have identified 18 cases of the dangerous and difficult-to-treat disease between 1993 and 2006, and 77 cases that were one step away from XDR TB. The ...More
    August 13, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Foodborne Pathogen Finds Resistance to Antibiotic
    Recent studies have shown a connection between people who became infected with Campylobacter jejuni, a pathogen found in poultry, and their contact with certain chicken products that contained the pathogen. It also turned out that the Campylobacter jejuni from those ...More
    May 21, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Microbe of the Month: ESBL-Producing Organisms
    Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms are an increasing challenge for healthcare practitioners fighting healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Klebsiella oxytoca are the most common ESBL-producing ...More
    April 1, 2008
    Posted in Articles
  • Less Antibiotic Use in Food Animals Leads to Less Drug Resistance in People, Australian Study Shows
    Australia 's policy of restricting antibiotic use in food-producing animals may be linked with lower levels of drug-resistant bacteria found in its citizens, according to an article in the May 15, 2006 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. ...More
    April 17, 2006
    Posted in News
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